Heysham Obs
North wall/harbour area
Black Guillemot - presumed the returning male, next to the wooden jetty - calling
Twite - 44 north wall. At 12.00 there were 47, including 2 unringed.
Linnet - 3 with twite.
Outfalls/Ocean Edge
Little Gull - ad end of Heysham 2 outfall
Wheatear - just one
Grounded
11 Goldcrest & two Chiffchaff caught on the reserve
Vis
0800-0900
Pied Wagtail 5, Meadow Pipit 4, Grey Wagtail 1, Goldfinch 1, Linnet 1
Middleton Industrial Est
2 mute (one on nest)
15 coot
5 moorhen
5 little grebe
7 mallard
10 tufted
3 goldeneye
4 teal
3 snipe
1 wheatear
Moths
First Parsnip moth of the year
Elsewhere
Northbound Osprey 1400hrs Aldcliffe (one on pager for 'Lune Estuary' - same?). Great Grey Shrike still Dalton Crags. Marsh Harrier Leighton Moss since LAST evening. Two more Bitterns almost certainly seen to depart Leighton Moss on dusk migration = appeared to head high to SE
